General Question

Could there be a dirty apartment in my building?

I was laying in be watching tv and then I saw something crawling on my blanket, and sure enough when I turned the lights on, it was a roach. Eeewww!!!!
Well, my apartment is spotless. I have no food left out, my kitchen is scrubbed daily, and I vacuum every other day.
I live in Colorado, and I have never seen a roach out jere before. I have been told that you have to be dirty in order to have them out here.
Could it be that there is a dirty apartment in the building?

14 Answers

if you live in a building that was built a while back then chances are it is just the building. Roaches can be brought in from other places if people are moving in and out. They hide out in TV’s and toasters and things of the sort.
You know they can live for a day without their head, right? Amazing!

I haven’t done any shopping in about two weeks.
Oh shit! This is getting bad there is another one in my room. I got rid of the last one and flushed it down the toilet. I’m cleaning everything and disinfecting it too. There has to be a dirty person around.

You don’t have to be dirty to have roaches. They don’t just appear when someone forgets to clean their countertop. They’re a creature like any other; they look for what they need to survive.

They’re a real pain to get rid of because they leave chemical trails in their feces as well as emitting airborne pheromones for swarming and mating. Other cockroaches will follow these trails to discover sources of food and water, and also discover where other cockroaches are hiding. Thus, cockroaches can exhibit emergent behavior, in which group or swarm behavior emerges from a simple set of individual interactions.

It’s best to contact pest control wether yourself or by having your landlord do it.

They can live for a month without food but need water at least once every few days. You can have a spotless apartment and still get them.
Call the landlord but don’t wait. Buy some roach trap and boric acid now and use it.
The instant you saw the first one, it became your problem as well as the landlord’s. Get out there and go after them immediately. They will not go away on their own and they reproduce like… well, like roaches!